Composite tie rack



Nov. 24, 1959 c. s. PEDERSEN COMPOSITE'TIE RACK Filed July 17, 1956 :r 1-: Yiilllfll INVENTOR I ymaseam ATTORNEY United States Patent 2. 14.18 COMPOSITE TIE "RACK Clarence S. Peder-sen; Trumbull, Conn., assignor to Duraplastics, Incorporated, Bridgeport, Conm, a corporation of Connecticut ,Application luly. 17, 1956;: Serial No. 598,334

7 C laims. emu-13 This invention relates to a tierack of extremely simple .and sturdy form designed to bemounted on the wall or .door of aroomsoas to present a holding anchorage for .an assortmentof bow ties making it easy to choose quickly a particular tie forwwear and toy restore the tie to the rack. The improvements further concern supplementary tie holding structure afiordingequally accessible storage -for an assortment of .four-in-hand ties or tiesin. string form ltorbe selected and then tied into bows.

A- common objection to, conventionalracks for storing ties selectably is the necessity of rummaging through an assortment of different kindsof ties in order to'find or choose a particular tieyor ;kind of tiewhen hurriedly dressing.

A prime objectof this invention, is toprovide means for displaying in full view andmaking individually ,accessible a selection of clip-on ties of the pre-tied bowtype distinguishable if;desired froman associatedselection of str n ties. a r Another object is toprovide a, tie rack of sturdy yet -.low. cost. construction composed; of not more than. two or three parts, onepart: being shaped somewhat like a dish and the other part-comprising a skeleton wire hanger f sed tat cha and -de a r t e d -sh p tw vt th 1 use o 190 -A further objectis to providea tie rack ofthe above character that ismountable with adequate firmness against the wall by use ofa single fastening screw.

;rnirror so disposed that it will reflect an image of the neck region of a person positioned as he would naturally stand for mounting and detaching ties .at the; rack so that indiv dua ies a b srem ve f th rackgne a a m .and instantly viewed intheir to-be-wornposition for testv ing the appearance of a selected tie to beworn with a given shirt or suit of clothing. v

A further object is to incorporatein the tie rackj a A.further ob'ect .so to construct' a tierack in dish iigorm that it rnay begcomposed of flexible sheet material vacuum drawnto a rigid ultimate shape and so that the rigid ultimate shapeishall support and imprison a mirror without-the aid of extraneous fastening means. i

A still further object isflto incorporate in the shape of -.the dished sheetofmaterialtie orienting means serving: to pr edetjermine particular positions in which how ties best be applied to and held on the rack.

These and other! purposes of the presentimprovement' will be evident. i n fuller detail from the'following description of a successful embodiment of theinvention having reference to the appended sheet of drawings wherein;

Fig. l is afront view of my improved composite tie rack with an assortment of bowand' string ties removably Tsuppd'rted thereon, a -portion of theirack beingibrokerr 'away to expose structural detail.

Fig. 2 is a viewtaken insection onthe planes 2. 2 in -Fignl looking in thedirectionofthearrows. r

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view taken in section on the plane 3-3 in Fig. 1.

- "Patented :"Nov. :24, 1959 material partially withthe aid of spoke-like channeled or hollowbosses 13 that are ofiset forwardly or inwardly :in the arcuate flange of the dished shape of the rack body 12 which causes said flange to be of arcuately undulating cross section. Bosses 13 increase in depth from near. the rim of the rack to a maximum depth at their crest points 114. Thence they decrease in depth until the boss runs out near the periphery of a central flat circular panel-like --mounting wall POl'tlOIlllS of the unit 12. Tie clip 11 nests in the boss channel and thereby for better display holds the bow tie adequately spaced away from said mounting walland at a less angle of inclination with respect to the plane thereof than is the angle of inclination of said conical flange.

.At this peripheral region of the panel portion 15 the sheet material of the rack conforms to an ogee curvature in radial cross section as best shown in Fig. 4. Since such cross sectional shape was imparted to the sheet ma- .terial by suction drawing it about the periphery of a flat rigidrthinrnirror disc 16 and since the cross sectional shape'is'continuousall'around the rim of the rack, it

hugs-and imprisons the periphery of the mirror disc 16.

Thernirroring function of disc 16 may be produced by .making the disc of silvered glass or by chrome plating orpolishing the front face of a metallic disc.

:The aforesaid ogee cross-sectional curvature further atfords acircumferential groove 17 into which may be snapped andfirmly anchored the mounting loop 18 of a skeleton rack for string ties composed of a single con- .tinuous length of somewhat resilient wire whose free end portions are made fast in the relationship shown in Fig. .1. Such end portions may be welded or otherwise fastenedat their terminals 19. There results enough ability of the bends 20 to spring apart to make the wire loop capable of snapping over the relatively greater diameter of the panel 15 at the edge of the mirror disc andthen automatically contracting into snugly seated occupancy of groove 17 with an incompletely encompassing hugging grip thereby to reinforce and resist distortion of the thin sheet material of the rack. Thus the skeleton wire structure 18 becomes firmly lodged on the dished unit 12 withoutthe use of extraneous fastening means and can readily be removed byspringing it out of groove 17 in similar, manner.

In .Fig. 2' the spacedparallel rails 24. afforded by the hor zontal spans ofrack wire are shown to be offset forwardly in relation to each other as well as in respect to the wallso that string ties 21 canbe hung thereon in two separate rows and conveniently held away from the -wall .or door surface 22 to which the composite rack can be attached with suificient firmness by means of a single central holding screw 23. If the mirror disc 16 incorporates glass, a washer with a compressible gasket will preferablybe placed under the head of screw 23.

An example'of the art of vacuum or suction drawing 'in a plastic sheet forming process involving preheating of a thermoplastic blank ,sheet and suitable for producing jtherackbodydlis set forth in US. Patent No. 1,856,694.

arious compositions and thicknesses of thermoplastic et material "may .be used in the vacuum drawinglof y 12 or it may be molded from a thermoplastic ,or

ia hermqsi tt ng .,u1a$t;i :.s bst n y je on o othe conventional molding 'me'th'od's. In'a rack body like'12 having an outside diameter of 8" I find it practical to start with a .040" thick blank sheet of thermoplastic material such as styrene resin or cellulose acetate which when drawn into its shape herein illustrated can result in a thickness of, say, in the conical flange wall..' This wall may be given a more fanciful conformation than conical by the introduction of curves, beads, ornamental embossing etc. The thermoplastic sheet may be ornamented by coloring on its surface or throughout to represent natural wood or other artificial surface textures.

While maximum strength results from making the conically flared annulus of body 12 fully circular, a possibly fanshaped flange less than a complete annulus will afford many of the advantages of these improvements. The :rack lends itself to use for storing clip-on articles other than bow ties such as clothing ornaments or costume jewelry. It also well serves to display articles of merchandise on a store counter for ready selection by a customer.

The appended claims are directed to and intended to cover obvious equivalents and substitutes for the particular shapes and arrangement of parts herein particularly described to illustrate the invention.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture, a rack for firmly supporting clip-on bow ties in removable manner for selective use and display, embodying a dish-shaped body comprising a substantially flat central mounting wall bordered by a surrounding flared flange of single conical contour integral therewith inclined thereto and having an arcuate outer edge, said flange having a circular sequence of angularly spaced apart portions elongated radially of the flange and longitudinally disposed relatively to said flat mounting wall at a less abrupt angle of inclination than is said single conical contour, whereby bow ties clipped onto said spaced apart elongate portions of said flange parallel respectively therewith are laterally separated and spaced away from the plane of said mounting wall and slanted at a less angle ofinclination thereto than is said conical contour for maximum broadside display.

2. As an article of manufacture, a rack for firmly supporting clip-on bow ties in removable manner for selective use and display, embodying a dish-shaped body comprising a substantially flat central mounting wall bordered by a surrounding flared flange of single conical contour integral therewith inclined thereto and having an arcuate outer edge, said flange having formed therewithin angularly spaced embossments defining channels elongated radially of the flange and of uniform width less than the angular spacing of said embossments, each of said channels opening outward of said dish-shaped body and increasing in depth from its radially outer end near said outer edge of said flange to a maximum depth nearer the junction of said flange with said flat mounting wall, whereby the holding clip of a bow tie when occupying 'one of said channels firmly holds the tie in predetermined angular position on the rack against and longitudinally parallel with one of said embossments spaced forward .from the plane of said flat mounting wall and slanted at a less angle of inclination with respect to said plane than is the angle of inclination thereto of said conical flange.

3. As an article of manufacture, a rack for firmly supporting clip-on bow ties in removable manner for selective use and display, embodying a dish-shaped body comprising a substantially flat central mounting wall bordered by a surrounding flared flange of single conical contour integral therewith inclined thereto and having an arcuate outer edge, said flange having formed therewithin angularly spaced embossments defining channels elongated radially of the flange and of uniform widthv less than the angular spacing of said embossments, each of said channels opening outward of said dish-shaped body and increasing in depth from its radially outer end near said outer edge of said flange to a maximum depth at a crest point intermediate the length of the embossment anq q creasing in depth from said crest point to near the junction of said flange with said flat mounting wall, whereby the holding clip of a bow tie when occupying one of said channels firmly holds the tie in predetermined angular position on the rack against and longitudinally parallel with one of said embossments spaced forward from the plane of said flat mounting wall and slanted at a less angle of inclination with respect to said plane than is the angle of inclination hereto of said conical flange.

4. As an article of manufacture, an inexpensive lightweight rack for firmly supporting clip-on bow ties in a removable manner for selective use and display embodying, a single ply sheet of thermoplastic material insufliciently rigid in its flat shape to support a bow tie with requisite firmness at the edge thereof, said sheet being formed into a dish-shaped body comprising a substantially flat central mounting wall bordered and stiffened by a surrounding flared flange of single conical contour integral therewith inclined thereto and having an arcuate outer edge, said flange having formed therewithin angularly spaced embossments defining channels elongated radially of the flange and of uniform width less than the angular spacing of said embossments, each of said channels opening outward of said dish-shaped body and increasing in depth from its radially outer end near said outer edge of said flange to a maximum depth nearer the junction of said flange with said flat mounting wall, whereby the holding clip of a bow tie when occupying one of said channels firmly holds the tie in predetermined angular position on the rack against and longitudinally parallel with one of said embossments spaced forward from the plane of said flat mounting wall and slanted at a less angle of inclination with respect to said plane than is the angle of inclination thereto of said conical flange.

5. An an article of manufacture a rack as defined in claim 4, in which the said ply of thermoplastic material conforms to an ogee curve in cross section in a manner to define a circumferential groove opening outward of the said dish-shaped body at the said junction of the said flange with the said flat central mounting wall whereby to increase the stiffness of the rack in radial directions.

6. A rack for accessible storage of clip-on articles, comprising a shallow thin-walled dished body having a central planar mounting portion adapted for attachment against a rack supporting surface and bordered by an arcuate flange presenting a peripheral edge offset from the plane of said mounting portion thereby to be spaced away from said supporting surface when said rack is mounted on said surface, whereby said flange edge is located to be free from said supporting surface and accessible for being straddled 'by the holding clip of a clipon article thereby to lodge the article detachably on the rack,,there being a circumferential groove externally formed in the dished shape of said rack body at the curved junction of said arcuateflange with said central mounting portion of said body, together with a loop of stiff wire conforming to and nested in said groove and snugly embracing said rack body in a mannerto reinforce the same andresist distortion of said flange.

7. A rack as defined in claim 6, in which the said wire loop incompletely encompasses the rack body and is sufliciently resilient to spring in directions to spread said loop to a degree of enlargement enabling it to be lodged in the said external groove without exceeding the elastic limit of distortion of the wire.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Hill July 16, .1946 

